Philly Tech People News 6/1/2016: Kopelman to chair Philly newspaper board; Comcast promotes CTO Werner

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Josh Kopelman replaces Gerry Lenfest as PMN chair (Philly.com)
He's non-executive chair, not CEO, so Kopelman might not be too hands on, but it will be interesting to see what he
does.

Josh Kopelman hopes to bring innovation to Philly’s biggest newspapers (Q&A) (Billy Penn)



Tony Werner Promoted to President, Technology and Product, Comcast Cable; Sree Kotay Promoted to Chief Technology Officer

Rick Bulotta has left PTC ThingWorx as of eoy 2015; at ThingWorx he was co-founder and CTO. He left it as possibly the most successful US industrial IoT startup, embedded at GE and having other revenue streams outside of GE as well.
He was going to take it easy for awhile in transition, but seems busier than most people, judging from his LinkedIn page and this Technically Philly post.



Bela Bajaria Departs Universal Television as President; NBC’s Pearlena Igbokwe Set to Take Over Studio (Variety)




U.S. fund company Vanguard names Michael Rollings finance chief (Reuters)

Flash-sale e-retailer Rue La La promotes a co-founder to CEO (Internet Retailer)
Boston-based Rue La La is one piece of Michael Rubin's Kynetic LLC, but like most flash sale sites its had some issues to sort through.

href="http://healthitanalytics.com/news/population-health-management-tool-wins-data-sharing-prize#.V0S3p50JFLY.twitter">Population Health Management Tool Developed at CHOP Wins Data Sharing Prize (Health Analytics)



Comstar Supply Adds Industry Veteran to Leadership Team

Links 12/17/2014: OnDeck Capital IPO, with some strong local interest, raises $200 million, rises sharply after offering

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OnDeck, a Lender to Small Businesses, Raises $200 Million in I.P.O. (New York Times)

OnDeck Capital Prices IPO Above Range As Stock Leaps (Investor's Business Daily)

Hello @NYSE! cc: @ondeckcapital pic.twitter.com/pLRdaLzCgg

— Josh Kopelman (@joshk) December 17, 2014

Shares rose as much as 37% post-offering, valuing OnDeck at as much as $1.7 billion.
First Round Capital was an early investor in OnDeck; Sapphire Ventures (formerly SAP Ventures) participated in later rounds. Pre-IPO, SAP Ventures held about 10%, "entities affiliated with First Round Capital, 5.5%", according to Equities.com.

WealthCloud, LLC Closes a Seven-Figure Strategic Investment Targeted to Accelerate Growth (Business Wire)
Conshohocken-based investment management platform runs on Salesforce's cloud.

Oracle Profit, Sales Top Estimates Amid Shift to Cloud (Bloomberg)

Oracle posts stronger-than-expected Q2 earnings, revenue results (ZDNet)


2014 Year in Review: Evaluating SAP, Part II (ASUG News)


Salesforce.com Connects To Microsoft SharePoint (Information Week)

DoD releases new federated cloud procurement policy (Federal Times)


Broadcasters try to block Aereo asset sale, $90M tax transfer (Gigaom)

Time Warner Cable, Boingo turn on Hotspot 2.0 (Gigaom)


Comcast deserves a fair shake (Inquirer OpEd/Varsovia Fernandez, president and CEO of the Greater Philadelphia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce)

Why broadband execs are telling Washington and Wall Street different things on net neutrality (Washington Post)


Analytics Showdown: Should Apps Be Simpler, Or Smarter? (Information Week)



If You Build It: The Rise Of The Mega Data Center (CRN)